spook
/spuːk/
verb
- To frighten or scare someone or something.
- Don't spook the cat by shouting; it will hide under the bed.
- The dark forest spooked the campers, so they stayed close together.
- The sudden noise spooked the horse, and it ran off.
- To become frightened or alarmed easily.
- She spooks whenever she hears a loud noise at night.
- The deer spooked at the sound of a twig snapping.
- The birds spooked and flew away when the dog ran toward them.
Antonyms
noun
- A ghost or a frightening spirit.
- The old house is said to be haunted by a spook that appears at midnight.
- Children told stories about a spook that lived in the abandoned barn.
- He thought he saw a spook in the dark hallway, but it was just a coat.
- A spy or secret agent.
- In the movie, the spook escapes with classified documents.
- The journalist suspected her neighbor was a spook for a foreign country.
- The novel is about a spook who works for a secret government agency.